by epollack | May 2, 2009 | Blog
I hope you will pardon my immodesty, but I am going to post the text of the speech given by Mark Shechner, one of the judges of the Edward Lewis Wallant Award, which I won this year for IN THE MOUTH. I read this whenever I get too depressed to sit down at the computer...
by epollack | Feb 3, 2009 | Blog
Marian took me to the auto show in Detroit, just as the show was closing, and as we wandered the gigantic convention floor full of gleaming sports cars, adorable electric putt-putts, and trucks whose tires stood taller than my head, I couldn’t help but wonder...
by epollack | Jan 11, 2009 | Blog
And another nice piece of news… In the Mouth has just been selected as a finalist for the Sophy Brodie Medal, awarded by the American Library Association to an author whose work represents “the most distinguished contribution to Jewish literature for...
by epollack | Dec 29, 2008 | Blog
I’m very happy to announce that IN THE MOUTH has just been selected to receive the 2008 Edward Lewis Wallant Award for a significant contribution to Jewish literature. I’m especially proud to join a list of winners that includes some of the writers I most...
by epollack | Dec 29, 2008 | Blog
Here’s a photo of the dining room at my family’s hotel, sent to me by Jeff Brown, who used to work as a waiter at Pollack’s (he now sells real estate in southern Florida). You can just hear Elvis on the record player that Jeff and his brother played...
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